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Samsung Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Lands UHD Alliance Certification

Samsung’s UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player landed the UHD Premium certification from the UHD Alliance under specs announced for TVs and content at CES (see 1601030003) and later expanded to include Ultra HD Blu-ray players (see 1604120017), the company said…

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in a Tuesday announcement. The UBD-K8500 is the first Ultra HD Blu-ray player sold in the U.S. to earn the certification, Samsung said. Panasonic previously got the certification for its DMP-UB900 Ultra HD Blu-ray player (see 1604130001), but that deck isn't available in the U.S.